Share This

Hot News

Opposing winds, not Taal Volcano, caused haze in Metro Manila, expert says @ 2020-01-25T08: Back Hot News
Keyword:Taal Volcano
Concept:
THE VICE MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF TALISAY, LOCATED WITHIN A 9-MILE ZONE AROUND THE TAAL VOLCANO THAT HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO EVACUATION, CRITICIZED THE PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY (PHILVOLCS), QUESTIONING THE SCIENCE OF PREDICTING VOLCANOES.
ALTHOUGH TAAL VOLCANO HAS GONE QUIET SINCE ITS ERUPTION EARLY LAST WEEK, PHILIPPINE AUTHORITIES ARE MAINTAINING A HIGH ALERT LEVEL DUE TO FEARS THAT THE VOLCANO MAY JUST BE IN A LULL, BUILDING TO ANOTHER ERUPTION SOON. AT LEAST 50,000 RESIDENTS WERE EVACUATED, BUT MANY HAVE BEEN MAKING BRIEF TRIPS HOME, LEADING TO STEPPED-UP ENFORCEMENT AROUND THE EVACUATION ZONE. CLOSE TO THE VOLCANO, THE LANDSCAPE HAS GONE COMPLETELY GRAY, COVERED IN A BLANKET OF VOLCANIC ASH THAT HAS BEEN STUCK IN PLACE BY RAINFALL.
WHEN HE HEARD THAT THE TAAL VOLCANO HAD ERUPTED, RATHER THAN RUN PHOTOGRAPHER EZRA ACAYAN REACHED FOR HIS CAMERA.
HOME > VOLCANOES > PHILIPPINES > LUZON ISLAND > TAAL > NEWS
DONATIONS. BDO UNIBANK WAIVES REMITTANCE FEES FOR DONATIONS TO THOSE AFFECTED BY THE TAAL VOLCANO ERUPTION. PHOTO BY DANTE DIOSINA JR/RAPPLER
JULIE MCCARTHY, BYLINE: TAAL VOLCANO IS DESCRIBED AS SMALL BUT DANGEROUS. ITS SUDDEN ESCALATION DEVASTATED THOSE WHO LIVE ALONG THE SHORE OF TAAL LAKE, THE DEEP WATER IN WHICH THE VOLCANO SITS. SIXTY-FOUR YEAR OLD CHRISTINA FORNELIA (PH) STANDS IN A SEA OF EVACUEES INSIDE A CAVERNOUS GYMNASIUM AND BEGINS TO CRY.
B. SPECIAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR TAAL VOLCANO (14 JANUARY 2020, 5:00 PM — 15 JANUARY 2020, 5:00 PM)
AN ERUPTION AT TAAL VOLCANO, SOUTH OF MANILA, TRIGGERED ABOUT 75 EARTHQUAKES ON MONDAY. PHOTO: AFP
TAGS: BATANGAS, LAGUNA, PAGASA, PHIVOLCS, TAAL VOLCANO, TAAL VOLCANO ERUPTION
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — TAAL VOLCANO CONTINUED TO WEAKLY EMIT WHITE STEAM-LADEN PLUMES MEASURING 50 TO 500 METERS HIGH IN THE PAST 24 HOURS, THE PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY (PHIVOLCS) SAID WEDNESDAY.
ONE VERSION OF THIS CLAIM INCLUDES SEVERAL PHOTOS, ONE OF WHICH IS AN AERIAL PHOTO VIEW OF TAAL"S VOLCANO ISLAND. IN THE AERIAL VIEW, BININTIANG MALAKI IS MARKED WITH A YELLOW CIRCLE. THE TEXT NEXT TO IT SAYS: "THIS IS WHAT WE WERE TAUGHT AS TAAL VOLCANO." IN ANOTHER PART OF THE PHOTO, AN ARROW POINTING TO THE MAIN CRATER OF TAAL IS LABELED "THE REAL TAAL VOLCANO."
ROSALINA MANTUANO, A SEAMSTRESS FOR 45 YEARS, BEGAN SEWING DOZENS OF COLORFUL MASKS USING SCRAP FABRIC IN HER ATELIER AND GAVE IT AWAY FOR FREE TO HER NEIGHBORS IN LIPA CITY, JUST 20 KM (12 MILES) FROM THE TAAL VOLCANO.
ONE OF THE WORLD』S SMALLEST VOLCANOES, TAAL IS AMONG TWO DOZEN ACTIVE VOLCANOES IN THE PHILIPPINES, WHICH LIES ALONG THE SO-CALLED PACIFIC RING OF FIRE, A SEISMICALLY ACTIVE REGION THAT IS PRONE TO EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
TOXIC ASH AND SMOKE, REEKING OF SULFUR AND OTHER NOXIOUS GASES, HAVE TRANSFORMED THE VERDANT ISLAND OF TAAL INTO A VAST CARPET OF LIFELESS GRAY SINCE A VOLCANO THERE ERUPTED ON SUNDAY.
TENS OF THOUSANDS FLED TOWNS IN THE PHILIPPINES WHEN THE TAAL VOLCANO ERUPTED SUNDAY, BLANKETING THE REGION IN ASH AND RAISING WORRIES THAT A MORE DANGEROUS ERUPTION COULD COME. BUT WHILE RESIDENTS HAVE EMPTIED OUT TOWNS, MANY PETS AND FARM ANIMALS HAVE BEEN LEFT BEHIND. EVACUATION CENTERS ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SPACES FOR ANIMALS, BUT MANY PEOPLE COULD NOT FERRY THEIR LIVESTOCK AND PETS WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. OPERATIONS TO RESCUE ABANDONED ANIMALS HAVE BEEN ORGANIZED BY ANIMAL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND BY CITIZENS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.

Mobile | Full
Forum rule | About Us | Contact Info | Terms & Conditions | Privacy Statment | Disclaimer | Site Map
Copyright (C) 2024 Suntek Computer Systems Limited. All rights reserved
Disclaimer : In the preparation of this website, 88iv endeavours to offer the most current, correct and clearly expressed information to the public. Nevertheless, inadvertent errors in information and in software may occur. In particular but without limiting anything here, 88iv disclaims any responsibility and accepts no liability (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) for any direct or indirect loss or damage arising from any inaccuracies, omissions or typographical errors that may be contained in this website. 88iv also does not warrant the accuracy, completeness, timeliness or fitness for purpose of the information contained in this website.